Improvement in saw jointers and gages



' n'. E. Pomntxen.

Saw luinters and Gages. f

' No 150 431. PatentedMay5,1874.

WITNEEEEE.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ROBERT E. POINDEX'IER, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

AIMPROVEMENT IN SAW JOINTERS AND GAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,431, dated May 5, 1874; application filed March 23, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBT. E. POINDEXTER, of Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saw-Gages; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, refer- 'ence being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

The nature of my invention relates to an improvement in saw-gages for determining and regulating the length of the teeth of crosseut saws and the width of the set; and it consists in the arrangement and combination of parts, which l-will be more fully set forth hereafter.

the edge of the block A and the projecting points of the plate B is a file, E, the face of which is at right. angles to the face of the block. In regulating the length of the teeth,

the gage is taken in the left hand, the thumb resting upon the plate B and the ngers upon the lower edge of the block, which is placed against the side of the saw, and, by moving the gage back and forth, the file cuts the teeth to a uniform length, when the sharpening can be done in the usual way. As the chisel-teeth should be a littleshorter than the cuttingteeth, `-their length is regulated in this Wise: The block A is removed and the arms C C placed against the side of the saw-blade, the n points of the plate B, as seen at a a, resting upon the contiguous cutting-teeth. The le is taken in the right hand and passed over the chisel-teeth until they are'brought to the level of the vertically-adjustable plate B. The projections a serve to indicate the width of the set of the saw.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The gage-plates B B a, arms C C', and block A, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I elaim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day oi' March, 1874.

ROBERT E. POINDEXTERL Witnesses:

C. D. THOMPSON, H. C. RYAN. 

